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4 days ago
- Entertainment
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Low's Alan Sparhawk, Trampled by Turtles bringing new music to the Fitzgerald Theater
Low's Alan Sparhawk, Trampled by Turtles bringing new music to the Fitzgerald Theater originally appeared on Bring Me The News. It's been a busy run over the last year for Alan Sparhawk. The former Low songwriter released his first (more or less) solo album last year, the electronics and autotune-heavy White Roses, My God. He has been touring almost constantly in 2025 and even spent time playing guitar with Circuit des Yeux. This week, he's released another record, a collaboration with fellow Duluthians, Trampled by Turtles. Sparhawk and his bluegrass counterparts will celebrate the record with a home-state show at The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on Dec. 11. They'll perform their new nine-track record at the show, accompanied by an opening set from Nona Invie (Dark Dark Dark), who also happens to have a weekly June residency at Berlin in Downtown Minneapolis that starts on Sunday. (Similar to Sparhawk, Invie released their first solo record earlier this year.) Tickets for Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mirror
19-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Moment teen knifeman shot dead by police at airport as tourists threatened
Warning distressing content. Footage shows an 18-year-old man from Gambia, who onlookers described as appearing mentally unstable, going on a rampage at Gran Canaria airport in Spain before he was shot by police An 18-year-old man was filmed in a horror airport rampage where he threatened tourists with a knife before being shot dead by police. Holidaymakers watched on in horror as the man from Gambia was shot five times by Spanish police at Gran Canaria airport last Saturday afternoon. Onlookers described the man as appearing out of his mind as he tried to rob a taxi driver and then lunged at a police officer before they fired at him. Footage shows tourists at the airport running for cover as shots rang out. Other clips show the knifeman running at one of the five National Police officers trying to intercept him who fell to the ground and then afterwards people looked on in horror at what had happened after the man had been shot. One woman could be heard shouting: "My God you've killed him" while officers tried to keep a crowd back. He was shot as he tried to attack officers who appeared to be warning him to stop. Court officials have confirmed one of the five bullets the teenager received hit him in the neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. CCTV footage of the incident, which unfolded just before 5pm on Saturday, is being analysed by an investigating judge based in the Gran Canaria town of Telde. Overnight it emerged the unnamed aggressor had tried to board a flight to Gambia before going on the rampage, but was turned back after airport workers saw his ticket was for a plane due to take off on May 22. He is said to have tried to force his way through airport control after being intercepted, setting off a scanner because of the knife he was carrying in his rucksack. Ibon Dominguez, a spokesman for police union Jupol, has described the response of the officers who tackled the knifeman as 'proportional and congruent.' He said: 'The man with the knife could easily have ended the lives of one of those policemen.' The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said in its first full statement on the incident: 'A duty court in Telde has been investigating the circumstances in which a person who was shot by the police died on Saturday in the airport area. 'At the moment the court is compiling the images of the multiple camera recordings from outside and inside the airport in order to establish a reconstruction of the events. 'The man was shot five times, including once in the neck. The videos show that the deceased was apparently out of his mind and carrying a large knife and after attacking a taxi driver he felled a police officer and tried to knock down another, and was wandering around armed in an area with a large number of people, creating a real danger for their physical integrity. He was 18 years old.'
Scottish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
First-of-its-kind Titanic attraction coming to England this summer makes guests feel like they're on the ship
A NEW and first-of-its-kind Titanic exhibition is coming to England this July, where guests will feel like they are on the ship. Launching in London this summer, The Legend of TITANIC: The Immersive Exhibition takes visitors on a journey of the world's most iconic ship. 11 A new and first-of-its-kind exhibition is coming to London this summer Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 Based on the Titanic, the exhibition will immerse guests in the complete story of the ship from construction to sinking Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 Parts of the experience include VR, AR and musical interactions Credit: Legend of Titanic The new exhibition follows successful openings in Madrid and Munich and will feature projections, interactive installations, detailed recreations as part of a 120-minute experience. Based around the tragic events of the 1912 sailing and sinking across the Atlantic Ocean, visitors will feel as if they are onboard the real shop with cabins and corridors recreated. Even the entrance is part of the experience, as upon arrival, attendees will enter Dockside Boarding - an augmented reality reconstruction of Southampton Harbour. Guests will then receive their boarding passes and gather for a virtual greeting from Captain Smith himself, who acts as a guide throughout the exhibition. When walking along the pier, there will be sounds of seagulls and steam engines, too. It won't just be the grand parts of the ship that visitors experience, but also the humble third-class corridors. Here, there will be a number of information panels to tell the social context of the time. Guests will then venture into a first-class lounge, highlighting the opulence and extravagance that first-class passengers experienced. On display will be a selection of original artefacts, including china, silverware and personal items as well as props from the Titanic moviemovie- alongside replicas of costumes. The next part of the experience focuses on the iceberg that ultimately led to the tragic fate of the ship. Visit The All-Inclusive Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek An iceberg projection mapping room highlights the mass of ice that changed history. Following this, guests arrive at one of the exhibition's standout features - a virtual reality room - "Until the Orchestra fell silent!". The room will be a special tribute to the Titanic's famous orchestra and a newly composed piece by René Merkelbach - inspired by "Nearer, My God, to Thee," believed to have been the final song played aboard the ship, will be played. The exhibition doesn't stop there are visitors then head into a huge immersive showroom with 360-degree, floor-to-ceiling projections that will submerge them in the depths of the Titanic. 11 The experience will last 120-minutes and is suitable for all age groups Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 Stories from passengers will also be shared Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 Guests can explore all three classes onboard the ship Credit: Legend of Titanic Alongside the projections will be emotional storytelling of the ship, from its construction to voyage and finally, sinking. As guests leave the immersive showroom, they will come across information panels with background information about the ship, its passengers, the myths, legends and details on survivors and deceased. Guests then have the opportunity to explore an interactive Metaverse journey, developed with VR Coaster, which incorporates both iterative elements and a 5D sensory experience. On this part of the experience, visitors can dive into the depths of the ocean to discover the Titanic in its current state on the ocean floor. It will then come to life, allowing guests to visit all of its rooms one by one. 11 The even will have to 'board' the experience Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 Tickets cost from £24 per adult Credit: Legend of Titanic 11 General sale will open on May 16 Credit: Legend of Titanic Every deck, cabin, and lounge is open for exploration, offering guests the chance to interact with life on board across all three classes. The exhibition is designed for all ages, with different themed activities available for varying age groups. There will also be a Café de Parisien, inspired by the original onboard café, offering tea and pastries. The Wait List is now open with tickets on general sale from May 16, 2025. Adult tickets will be priced from £24 and children from £16. In Turkey, there is also a hotel that is called The Titanic, where each TV channel is dedicated to playing the film over and over again. Plus, the huge new Jurassic World experience to open at iconic UK landmark this spring. 11 There will also be a themed cafe at the site Credit: Legend of Titanic
Chicago Tribune
10-05-2025
- General
- Chicago Tribune
How the new Pope Leo XIV's childhood church in Chicago fell into disrepair — and what may lie ahead
Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue's feet are shut, but a disintegrating wooden side door swings freely, leading to a set of stairs with chipped paint scattered on them. Above, a pool of blue light from a stained-glass window illuminates a balcony where the St. Mary of the Assumption Church choir — including a young boy who would later become the first American-born pope — once sang. Antoinette Nuzzo stepped inside the sanctuary earlier this week, took a look around and thought out loud: 'Wow, they took a lot of stuff out of here.' Nuzzo, 71, had not been inside St. Mary's since the church's final Mass in the summer of 2011. But she came back Thursday to see what remained of the old sanctuary because it is where Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, began his formal religious journey. The rail where Nuzzo knelt for her first communion as a fourth-grader was gone. The front of the sanctuary where Prevost first served the Catholic Church as an altar boy was covered with two pink and orange graffiti murals, the result of neglect after a series of closures and downsizing ordered by the Archdiocese of Chicago, which sold the parish property in 2019. An alcove that once held a statue is now empty and spray-painted with the words 'Oh My God.' Nuzzo wondered if the religious sculpture went to the still-operational Christ Our Savior church in South Holland, which absorbed many former St. Mary's parishioners. Many others made the same trip in Leo's first hours as pope, wanting to feel a connection with the South Sider who had just appeared in papal regalia on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. They posed for pictures outside the building and walked gingerly around the crumbling interior, agog that the first American to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics could have roots there. And in doing so, they may have been the site's first unofficial pilgrims. The Chicago area does not lack for holy Catholic sites. The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in northwest suburban Des Plaines draws thousands of pilgrims for La Virgen's feast day every December. The Shrine of All Saints in Morton Grove bills itself as the second-largest collection of relics in North America. But becoming the hometown of the first American pope could bring crowds on a different order of magnitude to the south suburbs and the city's South Side. Many sites associated with past popes' lives and upbringings have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful, and papacy-themed tourism more broadly often flowers in popes' hometowns. Benedict XVI's birthplace in Germany and John Paul II's old family home in Poland are both now museums, and themed tours of the cities where they spent parts of their lives abound on the internet. The grand basilica where Pope Francis was baptized in Buenos Aires has become a popular stop for tour groups, as well. People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday mused about what the future might hold for Pope Leo XIV's childhood church, given its new significance. 'If he was baptized here, it's a historic place,' said Oak Lawn resident Steve Ligda. 'I bet (the archdiocese) wishes they didn't close it now.' Aaron Hollander, a scholar of theology and culture based in New York, said it made sense for people to spontaneously come out to the church as they sought a sense of connection to the new pope. But the site's religious status in the long term still remains to be seen. 'It will depend in part on what Pope Leo does and what he becomes and how his relationship with the faithful changes over time,' he said. Hollander said it's likely there may be a push to formalize the site's status as a destination but cautioned that there was no way to predict the intensity of organizing or the official response from the archdiocese. Emily Crews, a scholar of religious life at the University of Chicago Divinity School, said it would be 'fascinating' to observe whether St. Mary's or Leo's childhood home, a few blocks away on the 200 block of East141st Place in Dolton, draw religious tourists or pilgrims given their newfound significance to the history of the church. A key factor will be whether the archdiocese would buy either the church or the home, she said. A spokesperson for the archdiocese said there were no plans to repurchase the old parish property and couldn't comment on the future of the pope's childhood home.. So the future of the church remains unclear. The archdiocese merged St. Mary of the Assumption with Queen of Apostles in Riverdale in 2011 to become the St. Mary, Queen of Apostles church. The archdiocese spokesperson said the new congregation was placed at the Riverdale church building because it was in better condition. That congregation merged with two others in 2019 to become Christ Our Savior, according to the archdiocese. Cook County tax records show the archdiocese sold the St. Mary of the Assumption property — which encompasses the church itself, the school, convent, rectory and annex — to a company called Eugene Benjamin Properties in 2019 for just under $250,000. Then the property was sold again in 2022 to the South Side-based JBlendz Holdings, records show. JBlendz Holdings bills itself online as a telecommunication infrastructure maintenance firm. One of the company's owners, Joe Hall, fielded questions from reporters Thursday afternoon on the cracked front walk as people trickled in and out, taking smartphone photos. Asked why the site has stood apparently untouched since it changed hands three years ago, Hall cited a series of weather-related setbacks. He said his ambition was to renovate the five buildings on the parcel for community development uses, including a food pantry, and to get it equipped with free Wi-Fi. Hall said he had planned to keep the church building itself as a space of worship. But he acknowledged that the news from Vatican City might scramble the rest. 'Whatever plan we thought we had, it's all been changed in the last few hours,' he said. That said, he added, he would not sell or lease the property 'unless it had anything to do with the pope, period.' Late on Thursday, Dolton Village Trustee Stanley Brown took in the church's facade from beneath his black cap. He'd passed by the building for years, he said. And he was chuffed to know that it suddenly had a place in the history of the Catholic Church, particularly after the village had weathered years of political turmoil. 'For all the things we've been going through, (God) sent us the pope here in Dolton,' he said. 'So that is a blessing.' It was early evening by the time Laura Mathews traipsed through the building in her neon crossing-guard vest and reflective sunglasses. Every few steps, she'd shout, 'I remember this!' Mathews, 71, remembered wearing the blue and white jumper uniform as an elementary student at St. Mary's, and trying to stay out of the way of one particular nun, Sister Cecilia. She said she'd never forget the thunderstorm the night of her first communion. She recalled glaring at the crucifix the first Easter after her mother died. As a young woman, she quit going to church and questioned her faith. Eventually, she said, she came back around. Nuzzo reminisced about the white dress and the hat with flowers she'd worn for her first communion. They both remembered the pope's parents, a school superintendent and a librarian, reading in front of the congregation, and picnics on the back lawn and carnivals in the parking lot. They remembered where the baby room had been and where the rosaries had been kept. Looking around for the first time in 14 years, they saw the stained glass had largely survived. The place was gutted. The air smelled like must. But looking up at the windows, the friends were amazed by how much — including the memories — remained.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Rockledge helicopter crash: Witness describes watching aircraft fall from sky
The Brief A helicopter crash in Brevard County left three people injured but all survived. The pilot's quick thinking in landing on a baseball field avoided nearby homes. The NTSB is investigating the cause, but it may take weeks for answers. ROCKLEDGE, Fla. - Officials are looking for answers after a helicopter crashed at a park in Brevard County. Three people were on board. At least two were taken to the hospital. Thankfully, everyone survived. What we know A helicopter crashed at a park in Brevard County, landing in a baseball field surrounded by homes. Three people were on board, and at least two were taken to the hospital. Fortunately, everyone survived the crash. Officials from multiple agencies, including Rockledge Police, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (D.E.P.), the NTSB, and the FAA, are investigating the incident. The chopper was removed from the park on Monday, and authorities used a saw to cut it into pieces for removal. What we don't know The exact cause of the crash remains unknown, as the NTSB and FAA continue their investigation. It's also unclear where the helicopter was headed before the crash, as it took off from Merritt Island Airport. Additionally, the condition of the third person on board is still unclear, as they were listed as having an unknown status in the preliminary report. The backstory Eyewitness Joe Moniz saw the helicopter spiraling and initially feared it would crash onto nearby houses. Thankfully, the pilot managed to land in an open field instead, avoiding residential areas. Aviation expert Kodey Bogart praised the pilot's skill in controlling the failing helicopter and managing to avoid a much worse disaster. The helicopter involved was a Hiller model, which is no longer manufactured, and Bogart speculates that engine issues could be a possible cause of the crash. Local perspective The crash has raised concerns about aviation safety, particularly in densely populated areas. While the outcome was fortunate, it highlights the challenges of operating helicopters in close proximity to residential zones. Local residents and experts alike have praised the pilot's quick thinking and composure during the emergency, as well as their ability to minimize harm despite a critical situation. What they're saying "I said Oh My God, those people are going to die," said Joe Moniz who saw the helicopter crash on Sunday morning. He lives near the park and couldn't believe his eyes. He knew something was wrong when he heard the chopper above his head. The eyewitness says something didn't sound right. "I saw the helicopter spinning around and around," he said. "The only thing I thought was people are going to die, the helicopter's going to fall on top on someone's house." Thankfully, that didn't happen, and the chopper missed homes and businesses. The pilot crash landed in an empty field, and that takes talent. "Controlling a failing aircraft, especially a helicopter, is a complex task," said Kodey Bogart who's an aviation expert at Florida Tech. She's an adjunct professor and current Ph.D. student at the university in Florida Tech's Doctor of Aviation program who also runs her own aviation safety business, KB Solutions LLC. "Avoiding the homes and the businesses in that heavily populated area is a critical achievement to this pilot, to their composure and situational awareness," said Bogart. The NTSB still hasn't released details on what caused the crash, but this expert says the specific Hiller helicopter isn't manufactured anymore. "In this particular aircraft, it is a piston engine, so there could be challenges with the connecting rods, the piston themselves or the valves that could lead to some type of engine failure," she added. What's next The NTSB says three people were injured in the crash. Two were listed as serious in the preliminary crash report. One was listed as unknown by the NTSB. It could take weeks for officials to wrap the final investigation and more answers on the cause come out. STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 35 ORLANDO: Download the FOX Local app for breaking news alerts, the latest news headlines Download the FOX 35 Storm Team Weather app for weather alerts & radar Sign up for FOX 35's daily newsletter for the latest morning headlines FOX Local:Stream FOX 35 newscasts, FOX 35 News+, Central Florida Eats on your smart TV The Source This story was written based on information shared by Rockledge Police, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the NTSB, the FAA, witness Joe Moniz, and Kodey Bogart, an aviation expert at Florida Tech.
